The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, February 25, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 9

Image and text provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library, Urbana, IL

mmmmimmmmmmmimmTHE DAY BOOKN. D. COCHRANEDITOR AND PUBLISHER.500 SO. PEOniA STV CHICAGO, JLL.telephones Circulation, Hpnroe 3S38SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier in Chicago.30 cent a Month. By Mail. UnitedStates and Canada. JJ.00 a Year.Entered as second-class, matter April21, 1914. at the poitoTflco at Chicago,HI, under the Act -of March I. U79.WOMEN IN POLITICS: During,i the primary fight just over, the women of Chicago in their first mayoralty campaign divided among theparty factions much as the men, divided. There were entirely earnestand. sincere women in every factionalcamp. Each of them undoubtedlythought Bhe was doing the best shecould for herself, her family and fofChicago'.Yet the men have been doing thatvery thing for many years and theyhaven't got far toward political, social and industrial justice.There is nothing scientific in theparty arrangement. You will find inboth 'the Republican and Democraticparties, for example, all of the elements from extreme radicalism, orprogressiveism, to extreme conservatism, .or reactionaryism. "If the parties were made up ofradicals in pne and reactionaries inanother there would be some sense toit; and the radicals would win because the great majority of the people are radical. Chicago is radical,but the municipal government is conservative. The people are for humanity, but the government is for property. Women could control if they votedtogether. So could the workers. Butworkers have divided themselvesamong several parties for years andtheir voice has been stifled in gov-1ernmentv If .womeaapursue the sameplan they will be asRmpotent in politics as the working class has,-beenall ,these weary years. v Bt)One discouraging feature aboutChicago politics is the way men havefollowed leaders. They have be&LHearst men; Harrison men, SuBivafemen, Deneen men, Busse men, Lerimer men, Dunne men and sa pn.And in the primary campaign weaHarrison women", Sweitzer women,Olson' women, Thompson womenHey women, Wilson women. ' r 'Why should any man be someo&drman's man, or any woman be 'anywoman but her own woman in. pobitics? tWouldn't it he better if everytvolerowned himself and controlled his ownvote? "rfIS IT "PAY." A Texas districtjudge in sentencing -a youthful prisoner to two years in the penitentiaryfor breaking a show window in Dallasfind abstracting a diamond valued St$10,000, remarked: . ."The defendant by bis offer MH restore the diamond if freedknowledge of its whereabouts.serves his two years and thenc-sell the stone for $5,000 he wiflnbewell repaid for his time." " 's-Which, to our way of thinkingjosa baneful suggestion coming fronrfajudge upon the bench, regardless ofthe motive that prompted his comrmeatSHORT ONESThe lazy man has' no conception ofthe joys of spring fever. ' ' ,Both the allies and Germans areshowing the advance styles for thespring campaign.The wise girl is the one who examines the bonds of matrimony to seeithey are coupon bearing. -.7That amputation of Sarah Beprehardt's leg is very sad to contentplate, but just think if it 'hadMay Irwin,MffiilffltiifriMiiiiiiiii m 1 ri Ihiiiii rii ir n ifi htiam t tf iirtiiiiliiitMiilMiiiiiiii.iti